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Author Topic: Watches Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-30-2011 05:54 AM                     Real Tag Heuer vs. fake Rolex, which would you wear? I've been wearing the Tag and just found the Rolex when cleaning my dads room. Up close, it's a fake (a good fake), I think. The Tag is bigger and last month I had it cleaned at a jewelry shop ($100 bucks just for that). The Rolex is thinner, but it has that "crown" on the face of it. I've just been into watches lately. Last month it was "pinky" rings, soon I'll probably re-pierce my ear and wear a dangly cross, or pierce both and sell a watch and get 2 diamonds. I haven't cut my hair in about a year. Mid life crisis?  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-30-2011 10:34 AM                     Does the Rolex second hand move smoothly or in jumps like most every thing else? The Heuer being real would have more snob appeal, though an acquaintance who has a sizeable collection says that these days there are some older Timexes that are sought after.  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-30-2011 11:13 AM                     Bill, The Rolex "jumps". Like I said it's a fake,but....It's a Rolex. As far as "snob appeal", the Tag stands out and the "Rolex" is slimmer and you have to get in close to see the logo. Too bad I left my Swatch in China. I bought it during a layover in Germany and ended up getting my dad the same watch on my next trip.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-30-2011 11:28 AM                     Working in "rough and ready" situations, I buy the "Wally-World", 10 buck specials. Something happens to them..no cry over spilt milk - get another one. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 12-30-2011 12:00 PM                        I didn't think anyone actually wears a watch any more. Cell phone == pocket watch. I have at least two watches, maybe three, and haven't actually worn one for years.  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 12-30-2011 12:14 PM                     I wear a watch every day, its a Fossil. I have 4 of them. I'd go with the Tag Richard, and probably pass on the ear piercing if it was me. But hey, to each his own.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 12-30-2011 12:43 PM                     Skip both and buy an Omega. AJG  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-30-2011 03:14 PM                     I had one of those $40 fake Rolexes once, only mine was an exceptionally good fake. The second hand beat 4 times to the second while a real one (I'm told) beats 5 times. I'd get lots of wild looks when I would tell people my brother-in-law gave it to me for Christmas.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-30-2011 03:54 PM                        As Frank noted, younger people don't wear watches anymore, except as bling. Me? I still wear one even though these days I always have at least one cell phone with me (one for personal use, and when I am given a company phone, one for work). But I find that glancing at a watch is much quicker/easier than pulling out the cell phone to get the time. Old habit I'm sure. I have two watches - my daily beater is one of those Casio "WaveCeptors". It listens and syncs to WWV or JJY five times a night so it keeps very good time. It also has solar cells embedded in its face, so it never needs either winding or replacement of its battery. It displays two time zones which are selectable with just a couple of button pushes. Great for when you're traveling as much as I was these last couple of years. I've had it for some five years now and it runs perfectly. My dress/bling watch is a Longines replica of their Hour Angle Watch - the one that Charles Lindbergh commissioned after he flew the first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. It has a good ol' mechanical escapement movement (though the replica has a modern self-winding movement). Beautiful watch! I've owned it since 1990 and wish I had more suitable opportunities to wear it. For Richard, I'll second the vote to go with the Tag. I remember back in the late '80s in SoCal there was a wave of shootings and muggings where Rolex wearers were the target. It'd be a pity to get shot/mugged/robbed over a cheap $100 knockoff watch.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-30-2011 07:29 PM                        I used to wear a real Rolex when I used to fancy those things but as I got older and wiser, I thought wearing such a watch was pretentious and sold it for just about what I had paid for it. The watch I am wearing now is a SKAGEN, a Swedish watch I bought from Costco for about seventy five dollars and is very nice. It has a gray stainless band with a black face and keeps perfect time. I like the watch very much. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-30-2011 08:18 PM                     I have one of the $25 Casio watches that sets itself to the NBS. I have had it for many years, and it still keeps better time than any over priced Rolex. After all, what is a watch for? To tell you the time.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-30-2011 08:23 PM                        I would go with whatever keeps the best time. I normally wear a battery-operated Seiko that that I have worn for about fifteen years. I have replaced the battery and band several times each, but the movement keeps on ticking (no pun intended; it does not actually tick audibly). It looks nice, but it is not "valuable" and thus not a target for theft. I also have a nicer-looking Citizen for "dress" wear. My Seiko is generally accurate to within :30 to :60 every month. As much as I admire the craftsmanship of mechanical movements, the quartz models seem to keep better time.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 12-30-2011 09:46 PM                        quote: Bruce Hansen I have one of the $25 Casio watches that sets itself to the NBS. I have had it for many years, and it still keeps better time than any over priced Rolex. After all, what is a watch for? To tell you the time. That (Casio Waveceptor) was my weapon of choice as well until I stopped wearing a watch in favor of just using my phone. Still works. Sits in my office desk drawer, beeping at the top of the hour.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 12-30-2011 10:49 PM                     I'm still young and I wear my ESQ every day. You're right though, I don't see it that much among my peers. AJG  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-31-2011 09:25 AM                     I still wear my Bulova Accutron tuning fork watch. It was my parents high school graduation gift in 1954. Batteries are hard to retrofit but it still keeps great time. KEN  |  IP: Logged

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